First symptoms of menopause: when can you expect them?
Menopause is a natural stage in every woman's life that marks the end of fertility. It most often occurs around the age of 45-55, but some women may experience the menopause earlier, which is called...
Menopause and urinary tract infections
Menopause is a period of life that many women dread, as it can be associated with the occurrence of many ailments that are often very troublesome for patients. Hot flashes and mood swings are the...
Menopause and irritable bowel syndrome
Menopause and irritable bowel synd rome are theoretically two unrelated problems, but in practice it turns out that they have common denominators. Female sex hormones affect the function of the...
Menopause and osteoporosis: why does menopause weaken bones?
Menopause is associated with a variety of symptoms in women, such as hot flashes and mood swings, among others. However, it also promotes a number of other, less obvious problems - one of the most...
Menopause and insomnia
Menopause in many women leads to various unpleasant discomforts - patients may complain, for example, of mood swings or hot flashes. However, menopause is also associated with sleep disturbances -...
Findings on muscle mass loss in postmenopausal women
The fact that one of the phenomena that occurs in connection with menopause is the loss of muscle mass has been mentioned for some time. However, it was only recently that specialists from ...
Cognitive behavioural therapy can relieve menopausal symptoms?
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is sometimes associated with being prescribed to patients struggling with a variety of psychiatric disorders. Recently, however, the English-language journal...
Estrogens - why do they have a protective effect on bones?
Osteoporosis is a dangerous problem - it eventually promotes fractures, which, especially in older people, can result in long-term immobilisation and its dangerous consequences. Postmenopausal women,...
World Menopause and Andropause Day
World Menopause and Andropause Day is celebrated annually on 18 October. The event was established by the World Health Organisation (WHO), as well as the International Menopause Society (IMS). The...
New treatment for hot flashes associated with menopause
Menopause - a natural phase in every woman's life - can be extremely troublesome for many patients. One problem is the frequent occurrence of hot flashes, which are due to hormonal changes. These can...
Being underweight can promote premature menopause
Menopause - the last menstrual period of a woman's life - occurs at different ages in different patients. Generally, the end of menstruation is a completely physiological process, but when menopause...
Human evolution and development in the context of menopause and intrauterine embryo selection
The desire to have offspring, as a law of nature, is ascribed to every species living on earth and each individual seeks to pass on its genes and maintain the continuity of its species. The human...
Eating plant proteins may protect against premature menopause
Menopause is not only associated with hot flashes, but also with an increased risk of heart or skeletal diseases. The earlier menopause occurs, the greater these risks are. Doctors are interested in...
Psychological problems of peri-menopausal women
No woman probably needs convincing about how difficult the time leading up to the menopause can be. Problems such as significant hot flashes come to the fore in the peri-menopausal period, but they...
Menopause and falling hormones
Menopause is otherwise known as the last monthly bleeding. During this period there is a rapid decline in many hormones.
Vitamin D good for everything?
We mainly associate vitamin D with the vitamin, intensively synthesised during the summer months.
Ageing and women's satisfaction with sex
Research at the University of California shows that aging has no negative impact on women's satisfaction with sex.
Calcium and vitamin D and increased cholesterol levels in postmenopausal women
Recent reports appearing in the professional press report that calcium and vitamin D provided with food significantly affect blood cholesterol levels in women who have gone through the menopause.
Puberty and sexual activity
Puberty is the stage in a woman's life when ovarian function and the reproductive period ceases. The secretion of progesterone and oestrogens then decreases.
Menopause and women's sexual problems
Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstruation caused by the loss of ovarian activity. Usually menopause is the result of the natural ageing process, which is preceded by a period of hormonal...
